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Prospect in Big Horn county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Silica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10254302
MAS/MILS ID 0560030286
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.27713, 44.92933 (WGS84)
Elevation 1213
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Big Horn(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sykes Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Powell(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shoshone(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Big Horn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 057 N 095 W 11 SW of SE and SE of SW Wyoming
6th Principal 057 N 095 W 13 NW4 Wyoming
6th Principal 057 N 095 W 14 NE4 Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO LOCATED IN SE1/4,SW1/4 SEC 11, NW1/4 SEC 13, NE1/4 SEC 14 T57NR95W, NO OVERBURDEN LOVELL AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Analytical data

Result Sample from lower 20 ft: \nSiO2 = 96.08%, Fe2O3=0.16%, Al2O3=0.09%.\nSample taken 1/3 mi. north contained:\nSiO2=96.92%, Fe2O3=0.10%. A;2O3=0.10%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Himes Member of Cloverly Formation

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.27713, 44.92933
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE SANDSTONE - 30 FT IN THICKNESS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Recreation Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV BULL #50 1966 P 77-78.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "Massive sandstone, averaging about 30 ft in thickness, is exposed over a width of approximately 400 ft and extends along the strike for a distance of approximately one mile. This bed, which strikes N50W, and dips 23SW, crops out as a hogback. The rock, as exposed, is a yellowish-gray fine grained, cross-bedded soft and poorly cemented quartz sandstone." (Bull 50, p. 78)
Deposit A glass sand deposit.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 12-JUL-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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